By Molly Beauchemin
on May 30, 2014 at 7:26 p.m. EDT

Photo by Tom Spray

Jack White has made some bold statements about The Black Keys' music and their relationship to his own sound in a his recent cover story with Rolling Stone. The remarks are the latest in a series of not-so-amicable exchanges that erupted when White's private emails expressing dislike for Keys' member Dan Auerbach were obtained and published by TMZ during White's divorce from Karen Elson last year. At the time, White had attempted to remove his children from the same school as Auerbach's children, calling Auerbach an "asshole" and complained about "other people trying to lump us together". (The Keys, meanwhile, responded mildly, saying "we've all said fucked up shit in private" and that they "actually feel embarrassed for him".)

By Jeremy Gordon
on May 27, 2014 at 10:13 a.m. EDT

Last week, Against Me! singer Laura Jane Grace criticized Arcade Fire's "We Exist" video, which features The Amazing Spider-Man actor Andrew Garfield portraying a guy who dresses up in women's clothes, gets beat up in a bar, and ultimately finds redemption at an Arcade Fire show. ("Dear @arcadefire, maybe when making a video for a song called 'We Exist' you should get an actual 'Trans' actor instead of Spider-Man?," she tweeted.)

By Jeremy Gordon
on May 20, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. EDT

Photo by Alysse Gafkjen

During Jack White's custody battle with ex-wife Karen Elson last year, private emails between the two were obtained and published by TMZ. In the emails, White revealed his dislike for Black Keys member Dan Auerbach while attempting to have his and Elson's children removed from the same private school as Auerbach's children. "That's a possible twelve fucking years I'm going to have to be sitting in kids chairs next to that asshole with other people trying to lump us in together," he wrote. "He gets yet another free reign to follow me around and copy me and push himself into my world."

By Jeremy Gordon
on May 13, 2014 at 2:36 p.m. EDT

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In March, longtime Flaming Lips drummer Kliph Scurlock left the band. A few weeks ago, Scurlock sent Pitchfork a detailed account of his departure that laid the blame at singer Wayne Coyne's feet, saying he was fired for criticizing Christina Fallin, a friend of Coyne's who was publicly accused of racism after she wore a Native American headdress in a photo. In response, Coyne called Scurlock a "hateful pathological liar" and said he was fired due to an accumulation of grievances, not just because of the Fallin incident.

By Jeremy Gordon
on May 9, 2014 at 3:56 p.m. EDT

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The Black Keys' Patrick Carney has stared into the abyss that is Justin Bieber fans' hatred, and is somehow back for more. Last year, Carney told TMZ that Bieber shouldn't be too upset about not winning a Grammy because he's making so much money. Bieber then tweeted, "The Black Keys drummer should be slapped around haha," which triggered a massive spat between Carney and Bieber's fans.